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Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010

Filed:

May. 08, 2007
Applicants:

Shinji Nakagawa, Hitachinaka, JP;

Kazuhiko Kanetoshi, Yokohama, JP;

Kozo Katogi, Hitachi, JP;

Takanobu Ichihara, Naka, JP;

Minoru Ohsuga, Hitachinaka, JP;

Inventors:

Shinji Nakagawa, Hitachinaka, JP;

Kazuhiko Kanetoshi, Yokohama, JP;

Kozo Katogi, Hitachi, JP;

Takanobu Ichihara, Naka, JP;

Minoru Ohsuga, Hitachinaka, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An engine controller comprises a combustion state detection or estimation means for detecting or estimating a combustion state in the combustion chamber, a combustion air-fuel ratio estimation means for estimating a combustion air-fuel ratio in the combustion chamber according to an exhaust air-fuel ratio and the detected or estimated combustion state, and a means for calculating engine control parameters according to the estimated combustion air-fuel ratio.


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